The education reform movement includes efforts to raise teacher quality through stricter certification and licensing provisions. Most US states now require public school teachers to pass a standardized test such as the Praxis. Although any barrier to entry is likely to raise wages in the...

Both school financial management and entrepreneurship are acknowledged as important competencies to acquire for school principals in Indonesia. Appropriate school financial management is important to ensure school funds are spent efficiently and effectively to support the provision of quality...

To improve the employment rates and earnings of Americans workers, we need to create more coherent and effective education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and with education and training more clearly targeted...

Berufliche Bildung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (EZA) erlebt derzeit nach einer Phase relativer Vernachlässigung eine Renaissance. Dies hängt einerseits mit dem weltweiten Anstieg der Jugendarbeitslosigkeit, andererseits mit der Erkenntnis, dass Primarschulförderung als Bildungsstrategie...

Der Bereich der Umwelttechnologien - im Besonderen jener der so genannten "Erneuerbaren Energieträger", wie z.B. Windenergie, Fotovoltaik, Biomasse, Geothermie, kommunales Energiemanagement u. ä. - stellt einen für die Wirtschaftsentwicklung im Gesamten wie für die Entwicklung regionaler...

Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of student and teacher characteristics on student achievement. We estimate value-added models of outcomes on multiple choice and essay exams, with matched classroom...